Polisher/buffer selection

Kirk, I'm also trying to solve the problem of the layer of fossilized
ballast that's firmly stuck to much of my fuselage and underwings. It
laughs at the Wx and I want to declare war.

~tuno

Ted, you fine a answer to that problem short of sanding, please advise.
I have tried lime away and wx also without success.

Bob


wrote:
Kirk, I'm also trying to solve the problem of the layer of fossilized
ballast that's firmly stuck to much of my fuselage and underwings. It
laughs at the Wx and I want to declare war.

~tuno

I bought the Porter-Cable Mod. 7335 as it was recommended for us with the
Micro-Mesh acrylic windshield repair and polishing kit. Well made tool.

bumper

"Robert Backer" wrote in message
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Ted, you fine a answer to that problem short of sanding, please advise. I
have tried lime away and wx also without success.

Bob


wrote:
Kirk, I'm also trying to solve the problem of the layer of fossilized
ballast that's firmly stuck to much of my fuselage and underwings. It
laughs at the Wx and I want to declare war.

~tuno

Tuno, I just cringe at using power tools on a glider unless it's
absolutely necessary. But I'll defer to the experts....

However, no powertools are allowed near 66 - only handjobs!

Kirk

I used the 3M Hookit SBS pad system (compounding and polishing) with
Finesse-It II ... and the DeWalt DW849.

I think the brand of polisher is less important. Having a 0 -
1000/3000 RPM speed cntrol in the trigger helps tremendously, however.
You can apply and spread the Finesse-it at low speed with minimal
splatter, and increase RPMs as required to get the optimal polishing
effect.

http://sailplane-racing.org/general.htm

KK

At 13:42 23 November 2005, Ken Kochanski Kk wrote:

I used the 3M Hookit SBS pad system (compounding and
polishing) with
Finesse-It II ... and the DeWalt DW849.

I think the brand of polisher is less important. Having
a 0 -
1000/3000 RPM speed cntrol in the trigger helps tremendously,
however.
You can apply and spread the Finesse-it at low speed
with minimal
splatter, and increase RPMs as required to get the
optimal polishing
effect.

http://sailplane-racing.org/general.htm

KK


The next usual winter question is what is the best
wax. Where is JJ when we need him??

Have a look at: http://www.streifly.de/Price3-00.htm
The machine is a Bosch GPO 12E


On 22 Nov 2005 11:52:39 -0800, wrote:

I've browsed the old discussions on gelcoat maintenance to learn what
I can before developing a maintenance routine of my own, for my
recently acquired V2C. One thing not yet clear to me is the best way to
use/apply 3M's Finesse-It II, which seems to be the consensus
cleaner/polisher compound: With a high speed (~3000 rpm) polisher, or
something slower? With random orbit or fixed rotary? (Does Finesse-It
II require the generation of heat to do its thing?)

There seems to be a broad range of prices (from ~$30 for a Ryobi 10"
orbital polisher at Home Depot, to $190 for a DeWalt DW849 polisher,
mail order), so this is an investment I want to get right the first
time.

Advance thanks

~ted/2NO

I use a DeWalt 849 with an edge buffer (see Eastern Sailplane website
for that) 4 disks, Finesse it/ Hard wax and WX Block for final... but
remember... polishing with such gear yields amazing results... but can
be extremely dangerous for yourself and mostly for your glider...
Regards
Enrique
wrote:
How often should the oxydation be polished off then, Kirk?

My crew will like the idea of polishing by hand. She likes to help, and
save money at the same time!

~tuno

The long term answer to that problem may be not to use use the airport
water, I never do.

Andy

I agree. For my LS8-18 I only use distilled water.
No mineral deposits, the seals stay absolutely clean
and soft. You may laugh but it costs less than the
fuel it takes to launch with a motor glider. I just
buy 5 gallon jugs from the local Silver Springs water
guy at my home. Easy to transport. Nice easy handling
jugs. And they deliver! For wave flying I add some
ethanol, 1-5% by volume. That prevents freezing and
when you land you can make cocktails with the left
overs. 95% ethanol is available from your pharmacy.
White Lightning is the medical terminology. For military
types it is Class 6 ethanol.

At 17:48 23 November 2005, Andy wrote:
The long term answer to that problem may be not to
use use the airport
water, I never do.

Andy